How to Draw an Organization Chart

"Organization charts (or "org charts" as they affectionately are known) are graphical depictions of the official roles/ positions in the organization and their relationship to each other, e.g., the top position and authority in the organization and then what other positions formally report to which other positions throughout the organization. Org charts are very common, especially in organizations with 5 or more people. The following guidelines will help you to understand org charts and how to develop them for your own organization." [orgchart.net]
This hierarchical org chart template for the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software is included in the 25 Typical Organizational Charts solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

This organization chart of the National Park Service was redesigned from the Wikimedia Commons file: WASO Org Chart.JPG. [commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/ File:WASO_ Org_ Chart.JPG]
"The National Park Service in the United States is a Bureau of the Department of the Interior with its headquarters located in Washington, D.C. The bureau consist of numerous support offices and seven regional offices, which oversee park operations within their geographic area." [Organization of the National Park Service. Wikipedia]
The org chart sample "National Park Service" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the 25 Typical Organizational Charts solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

"Various shapes such as rectangles, squares, triangles, circles can be used to indicate different roles. Color can be used both for shape borders and connection lines to indicate differences in authority and responsibility, and possibly formal, advisory and informal links between people. A department or position yet to be created or currently vacant might be shown as a shape with a dotted outline. Importance of the position may be shown both with a change in size of the shape in addition to its vertical placement on the chart." [Organizational chart. Wikipedia]
This hierarchical org chart template for the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software is included in the 25 Typical Organizational Charts solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

"A hierarchical organization is an organizational structure where every entity in the organization, except one, is subordinate to a single other entity. This arrangement is a form of a hierarchy. In an organization, the hierarchy usually consists of a singular/ group of power at the top with subsequent levels of power beneath them. This is the dominant mode of organization among large organizations; most corporations, governments, and organized religions are hierarchical organizations with different levels of management, power or authority. ... Members of hierarchical organizational structures chiefly communicate with their immediate superior and with their immediate subordinates. Structuring organizations in this way is useful partly because it can reduce the communication overhead by limiting information flow; this is also its major limitation." [Hierarchical organization. Wikipedia]
"A company's organizational chart typically illustrates relations between people within an organization. Such relations might include managers to sub-workers, directors to managing directors, chief executive officer to various departments, and so forth. When an organization chart grows too large it can be split into smaller charts for separate departments within the organization. The different types of organization charts include: Hierarchical, Matrix, Flat (also known as Horizontal)." [Organizational chart. Wikipedia]
The org chart sample "Hierarchical organization" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the 25 Typical Organizational Charts solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.